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The complete idiot's guide to the American Revolution

An in-depth look at the causes of the American War for Independence
Print Book, English, ©2000
Alpha Books, Indianapolis, IN, ©2000
xx, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780028633794, 0028633792
42885392
Part 1: Prelude to independence
Why did Washington cross the Delaware?
In the wake of Columbus
The colonial way
Wilderness wars
All the king's men
Regulators, rioters, and a massacre in Boston
Tea parties and sons of liberty
Part 2: Heard 'round the world
The midnight raid
Green mountains and Bunker Hill
Canadian sunset
The battle for Boston
Common Sense and a bold declaration
Part 3: Times that try men's souls
The battle for New York
Crossing the Delaware
Gentleman Johnny
Philadelphia falls
Saratoga saga
Part 4: Winter of discontent
Defeat and disloyalty
Valley Forge
White war, red blood
Southern exposure
A turncoat and the mutineers
Part 5: "The world turned upside down"
"I have not yet begun to fight"
Backcountry battles
Yorktown: "A most glorious day"
Winning the peace
A new order of the ages
Appendixes: Who was who in the American Revolution
Fighting words
Battles, battlefields, and historic sites
Revolutionary reading